"verbarium" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Latin verbum (“word”) + -arium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|verbum|t=word}} Latin verbum (“word”), {{suf|en||arium}} + -arium Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} verbarium (uncountable)
  1. (dated) A word game in which the players are given a set of letters and must form as many words as possible from subsets of those letters. Tags: dated, uncountable Categories (topical): Games
    Sense id: en-verbarium-en-noun-bCBlK2YH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -arium

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